Easier access

Providing Easier Access to Remote Objects in Client-Server Systems

The Java Environment for Distributed Invocation (JEDI) is efficient, dynamic, and easier to use than alternative communication systems for distributed Java objects. Existing state-of-the-art mechanisms for remote method calls on Java objects, such as RMI, require users to perform a complicated series of steps. Furthermore, the compiled static interfaces these systems use limit their functionali...

Health consequences of easier access to alcohol: New Zealand evidence.

We evaluate the health effects of a reduction in New Zealand's minimum legal purchase age for alcohol. Difference-in-differences (DD) estimates show a substantial increase in alcohol-related hospitalizations among those newly eligible to purchase liquor, around 24.6% (s.e.=5.5%) for males and 22% (s.e.=8.1%) for females. There is less evidence of an effect among ineligible younger cohorts. Ther...

Breathing easier.

Breathing Easier

Guangyu Zhu, Jia Chen, Jay Liu, Joseph S Brunzelle, Bo Huang, Nancy Wakeham, Simon Terzyan, Xuemei Li, Zihe Rao, Guangpu Li and Xuejun C Zhang* Crystallography Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA, National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biol...

UncertWeb Processing Service: Making Models Easier to Access on the Web

Models are central tools for modern scientists and decision makers, and there are many existing frameworks to support their creation, execution and composition. Many frameworks are based on proprietary interfaces, and do not lend themselves to the integration of models from diverse disciplines. Web based systems, or systems based on web services, such as Taverna and Kepler, allow composition of...